Thread: WILD problem: heart pounding

I think your subconsciously getting excited. Its adrenaline and you cant stop it. Naturally it will go away once you are more used to the sensations.

I get the exact same thing, as soon as I realise I'm about to enter a dream, whenever im at the verge of loosing awareness and suddenly I realise whats going on and become fully consience. I think its a mixture of panic and excitement, I find if I get too excited I end up waking myself up so be careful and try to stay calm.

The people above nailed it pretty well. Most people have this problem especially early on in their LD 'career'. From what I can tell the simplest explanation I can give you is that quite frankly your excited. You know somethings about to happen; and you can't wait. All the possibilities race through your mind because you are finally achieving success! Also usually when your in that frame of mind anything remotely out of the ordinary will stand out because your basically on the lookout for "Whats different".
The two things kind of work together and make it seem like a bigger deal then it really is.. Take it slow and just try to smooth out your breaths. You don't need to breathe exceptionally deep or slow; just consistent and at a rate that is comfortable. Just remember to relax and take it easy; you've got all night. Also.. as long as you get a little further then last time; your having a good night. Just go into it with an open mind not expecting much.. but be ready for anything. Usually most of the fear/excitement comes from you building it up in your head.

With time you will notice this less and less because you will become accustomed to the whole experience; but I will say that I used to almost ALWAYS get a really intense rush when I was first experimenting (and still from time to time nowadays) with no negative effects. I realize you said its not due to that; although its just such a common occurrence it would really fit the piece. Not really sure though because I definitely don't feel "pain"; but I can only speak for me of course.

Hopefully that helps.

This used to happen to me quite often; it turns out that it was mostly in my head. By focusing on something else, it quickly dissipates, for myself at least.

That darn heart. I was doing a WBTB today and had a HI about the sun. It was getting closer to me and suddenly I hear a loud explosion. Normally I just see HI, not hear sound, so that got my heart pounding like crazy. Needless to say, I failed

thanks for the good advice everyone. You were all correct about me just being excited. I made a third attempt to WILD and this time I didn't have the problem because I had gotten used to it. However, later on in this attempt I experienced a new stage in which my body felt like it was spinning very fast, and of course my heart started pounding again from excitement. I guess I'll just have to get used to this stage now. Thanks for your help! And I'm glad there are others out there that appreciate Crysis what a great game.